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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN ii JTNOPSIS ' Carta, prospector, It pre-Cbave pre-Cbave for his mining claim JLJjforth. P'n lands at ' - anergency station. In Ksmlll. millionaire 4 .Meats; hi "u"htr- Ul' d irlaa Huxby. pilot ana flr. Believing him to 'Ignorant prospector, the u nk ,lr tr,p t0 mWbv although thsy refar VlMiB-bfarlng or as near-Mm." near-Mm." Llllth RamUl, prod-, prod-, kn age. plainly ahowa JttJsrt ' 'or 5artn- Throu"h , nl4nc ,h P,ltn aoon !M alalm aite. Huiby and ,tm Disking aevtral teste, .'torts bis claim la nearly A tot to "encourage young; MtMtbiy are willing to taka jMlarettlnK a small amount. tk treachery ahead, Garth jwaoves a part from tba alter. JHAPTER II Contlnutd sjlneer swung Into the cab- BitMed back ashore with a whisky. During bla short Vr. Ramlll had ceased to i could draw deeper breaths, 'g thre swallows of whisky ill flabby muscles. Helped t tonghter and Huxby, he 4 la his feet and staggered 3g the rock shelf to the tins en'3 stood neck-hlgb be ledge. While Mr. Ramill iMtber bracer of whisky, ieosted the irl up on the jj, She grasped hold of her collar. Huxby gripped his & below the knees and i Br. RainiU's hands were ;iiin euj;e. He pulled with 1 falsity-borrowed strength, relent iuldtiody rose above 'ji at the w ing. iipre a last upward heave. M the girl to drag her fo nt oo the convex surface. milted after to help her lift millionaire to his feet. nrted to lead him along the to the fuselage of the X the backs of the three I Hepped clear from the ItM" came forward, silent as lynx. Midway between of the plane and the spruce 8 wis tied, he stopjted and Ul rifle, butt down, to lean f rale. (;V he sang out. "What's 4 Mr. Kamlll r Irst word. Huxby tensed over his shoulder. He Saralll. After a moment, W iround and thrust ont Ue pistol toward Garth. IP that rifle, butt end A' e ordered. Mint d'you mean?" Garth JN, bis mouth half agape. t business,- Uurby an-1 an-1 'Bold up the butt np HOT hon.l. .k j ' come tor- taythe rifle on the wing." j rounded his mouth still jy word, wan, yon most be no thought of shoot- 'Jtol no chances. Put that "Ins. or 1 11 fill you full " a march hare," qOsrth. -Don't shoot." the rifle overhead, butt QM rtwe.i, and advanced. P He came within a step P11 dge and paused. The fining at him In open j H bad been BUch an Her father looked grave. Dll,ve to Interpose leveled his pistol and Ite aim. CHAPTER (I) OutblufTed. 'f Iron nerve might hare ,tb rn the leveled I. ,he mining engineer Wdden dive under the "monoplane. Once Id JJ flUfk with a rifle Jtrfc. ,,d an en chance Nder or the pistol. Su 00 surn ani-liR break. I , ,()p'.r'U'r t0 h" rlfle I "rp- " nld. -That E ff,r, ,,p",, of your " "ii dangerous.' ?.' rl'l.i i.. ..... it I"'1' J"" att . . L II .1.! . . 09 hiM i!im , iron W tiiniitely for Son,, ', 10 1 r" i Itfn, ... lulled V r"m ,,,e w,n-Urn, w,n-Urn, .,"r",,s': "Mr. 'lf ' t nniiiiiiiin Ha i " ""'rvo iieiore we Mackenzie.' Miss Ramlll smiled mockingly. "Oh, no, woodsy. You can throw stones. All you need do Is stay right here and eat your fellow rabbits. rab-bits. As soon as we record onr claims, we'll come back to replace your stakes with our own." "Yes." her father agreed. "No danger of an experienced prospector prospec-tor like you starving, this time of year. Walt here for us, and I'll pay you that two thousand dollars I offered." Huxby signed with his pistol. "There's your answer, boob. Now step lively. Cast off that line." BeVore the threatening muzzle, Garth turned about and walked along the ledge to the tie tree. He passed the rone through the tree loop, and pulled loose the bite of the stay hitch. Had he then let go of the rope end, the taut line would have whipped the loop around the spruce trunk and set the monoplane adrift Instead, he held fast. Huxby frowned and raised the pistol. "What aie you waiting for? I told you to cast off. It's no use your whining. You don't suppose we'll pass up the chance to record that placer, do you 7" "No," Garth replied. "You've shown your colors hoisted the black flag. Only thing, a woman Is a woman. Let me suggest that you try your self-starter before I let go this line. I've heard that airplanes sometimes balk. If you can't get yours Into the air In time, the wind and current will drift you down-lake to those falls." "How sad! You dumb dupe, If you think I" "Wait," cut in Mr. Ramlll. "Hand me your pistol, Vivian, and try the motor. The fellow gave up his rltle a bit too readily." Though far from pleased, Huxhy passed over the automntlc. Mr. Ramlll had recovered from his exhaustion, ex-haustion, and the way he handled the pistol showed that he knew how to use It. Huxby swung Into the cockpit and and threw on the self-starter. It buzzed but the propeller did not turn over. The motor failed to go, Another try brought the same bar ren result The engineer pilot made a hasty examination of the magneto. Ue sprang out on the wing, In a cold fury. "The d d sneak has crippled the motor. Give me the pistol." Mr. Ramlll held up a restraining hand. "One. moment Vivian. Now, Garth, what bare you doner" Garth smiled. "Merely removed one of the breaker points, Mr. Ra mlll. It's platinum, you know, and that's what we're bargaining over, The point Is quite safe here, inside my shirt" "Shoot him,' said Huxby. "We're not going to be done by a fool trick like this. Shoot the idiot Go on, chief. He's only a lousy woods bum. It's a matter of a million at the least" The older man leveled the pistol. "Garth, you heard him. You've played a silly trick. We have the drop on yon. If you value your life, bring that stolen breaker point here, and be quick sbout It" "How about the line, slrf" Garth Inquired. "If I let go. the plane will he swept out into the lake." Tie It agnln." "What if I'd rather nott" For the second time Miss Ramlll chimed In on the talk: "It would be Just too bad for you, woodsy hoy. Dad Is a better shot even than Vivian." "A better shot and a no less cool thinker." Garth replied. "How can I hold this rope If I'm shot! Those falls and the rapids below Hold on there, Huxby 1 Not so fast. You can come ashore; but Miss Ramlll and her father will come with jrou. There'll be no rush to catch the line until all three of you are off the wing." Mr. Ramlll started with Huxby out along the wing. Ills daughter did not move, "If you fancy I'll leave the plane, you can guess again." Her father spoke In her ear. None too graciously, she took the offered arm of her (lance. Side by side, the three came out to the end of the whig. Mr. Kamlll linnded the pis tol to Huxby, and knelt, ready to slide over the front edge. The girl Jumped down llsMly, without waiting wait-ing f"r assistance. Huxby handed her the rifle, laid the pistol on the w lnn edge, and grasped Mr. Kanilll'v hands. As the portly millionaire slid over the wing. Garth let go of the mpe end and sprang forward. The loop whipped from around the Hpruce trunk, lie grasped the slackened slack-ened line nml Hipped It out Into the swift rush of the milky stream. The head of the released plane at once started to swing offshore. Huxby gabbed his pistol and leaped down to grasp the wing edge. He shouted for the othera to catch hold. But the unexpected bump of tne edge against their heads had made both father and daughter crouch down. Huxby stepped back to brace hlra self for a shove against the rotary out-thrust of the wing. Ills rear foot went over the round of the water-polished ledge. The wing thrust blm on outwards. Before he could let go, both of his feet were off the ledge ton. He slid down with a splash into the swirling swirl-ing water. The engineer plunged upstream three or four steps to a split In the glassy-faced ledge. He clawed up the crevice and sprang to his feet on the rock shelf, drenched to the armpits by the milky water. But his right hand still grasped bis automatic pistol Garth stood like sn unconcerned onlooker. While the engineer was still struggling up out of the stream bed, Mr. Ramlll took the rifle from his daughter and aimed It at Garth. "Take your time, Vivian," he called. "I have him covered." "Hu-wait," panted Uuxby. "Leave him to me." Ha stood dripping till be caught his breath. A flirt of the pistol barrel made sure It was free from water. Ue took a step closer to Garth, his eyes cold, bis lips tightened tight-ened in' a bitter smile. "Another clever trick, Jack and your last I'll be generous and give you balf a minute for your prayers." Garth eyed hlra gravely. "That Is Indeed generous. Shall I reciprocate recipro-cate by praying that you and Miss Ramlll do not suffer too long from the tortures of flies and starvation? Mr. Ramlll may possibly be able to get over the pass, though I doubt It In any event, the first muskej will stop him. You snd Miss Ramlll Ra-mlll probably will last for two or three weeks longer." Huxby glared. "You tricky devil I Clever, aren't you? Here Is where you last less than a minute." "Yes?" Garth smiled. "I might suggest to Mr. Ramlll that he reflect re-flect upon the lnadvlsnbillty of murder mur-der In Canada. The Northwest Police Po-lice always get their man. If be Is unaware of the fact, I might appeal ap-peal to the womanly gentleness of Miss Ramlll." "Go ahead," nuxby sneered. "You're welcome to try." "Why, bother them needlessly?" Garth came back at him. "My dear pnpiiiiiiii i m aw i Don't Shoot 1 man, you are no rash fool Had you been other than what you are, do you suppose I would have walked up so Innocently and let you get the drop on me?" The coolness of tone and look that went with the question com pelled Huxby's consideration. Uis eyes narrowed. "Out with It." "lou see, I have you sized up right" Garth replied. "You're nel tlier a hot-head nor a fool. All your moves are based upon cold-blooded calculation. In this case, you'll cal culate these factors: If you kill me, you will most certainly starve to death, unless you first sink In the slime of muskeg bog. The only other alternative Is for you to stay here and freeze at the first onset of winter. Platinum is of no more use to a dead man than Is gold." The mining engineer stood silent Garth went on : "We are speaking of what con cerns you most So I'll not men tlon the no less certain death of your partner and the lady to whom you are engaged. The other side of my argument Is that. If I am not murdered. 1 can guide you back to the MAkenzie. What If you then had another chance to steal my claim? Wouldn't that be a big Inducement?" In-ducement?" "Lower your pIMol, Vivian." Ramlll Ra-mlll ordered. "(Jartb has us outplayed, out-played, lie holds the aces. Look nt the. plane. It's heading straight down the lake towards the falls." Garth nodded. "This lireo.e will keep on blowing down olT the gla cler until the first autumn blizzard. It's a shame, sir. to crack up so line a plane. Rut you would have It." "I !" "Voii and Huxby. Von may be ii financial pirate, Mr Itamill; that's not saying you're a h poi i lte. You'll not lie that I'm responsible for this mess. I riwv you a chance to share uiy claim. In return, you've done your best to bilk me, out of it ull. This Is the result" ? Huxby regretfully eyed bin pi, tol. "It'g a damnable (act i-,nri kill the slick dovlL We'll ti. hands, and start blm gui:;iii; Us out of this hell-hole at oik e." Garth smiled. "What! still up In the air? Better come dmw, m earth and face the other funs .dsn. For the same reason you cm t kill me, you can't make me gni,i- y,,. I knew exactly what I was ,i..ing when I turned the plane udmt. knew I was putting yon nil in a hole out of whlcb none of yon can hope to escape without my i -ip. If I die, every one of you will die. I've faced death many times. I am not afraid to meet It None of you dare chance starvation or freezing. I do not need you, but you must have my help, or perish. Though you now have the guns, I nn mas ter of the situation. All ti'rcc or you will do whatever I c.msider necessary to get ybu out alive." "When do we start!" Huxby demanded de-manded to know. Garth looked at Mr. Ramm. "it's a guess. May be two weeks. More probably three." Miss Ramlll flared, outraged. "What! Hang around this disgusting disgust-ing hole a single day? We'll start this Instant" "Bon voyage" said Garth. "You may reach the top of the glacier wltb the soles still on your golf-course golf-course boots. Your father. I fancy, will prefer to wait here a while. For one thing, he knows that In his present condition, he never could climb the pass. In the second place, he bas no desire to go down the other side on his uppers,' Huxby looked from 'Mr. nnmlll'g flimsy oxfords to the girl's fashionable fashion-able sports boots, and then at Garth's worn moccasins. "Well, Jack, what's the answer?" That it's not weH," Garth replied, re-plied, "In the first place, you'll drop that name and tone In speaking speak-ing to me. Am I understood';' Uuxby stood silent, his eyes cold and Hps tight drawn. But Mr. Ramlll Ra-mlll spoke for him, wltb decisiveness: decisive-ness: "That is understood. Garth. We are all now In the same boat. and you are skipper. How about the shoe problem?" "Moosehlde. WeH first shift along-shore to the mouth of the placer rill. It's the best place to camp. I'll then go on around to the muskeg and collect some hides." "Don't be too sure of thnt," Huxby Hux-by differed. "Keep hold of the rifle, chief. He'd streak out and leave U3 to hold the sack." "Haven't you realized yet that the Joke Is ou you?" Garth Inquired. "It's a question of trusting me al-solutely, al-solutely, or not at alL Take your choice." Mr. Ramill handed over the rifle. Huxby's hand tightened on' the butt of his lowered pistol. Gartb guzed past him down the lake. "The plane seems to be edging over towards the east shore. There's a ford up here, Huxby. You're welcome wel-come to try for the plane, Jf you save her, I'll call it a break of the game in your favor, and we'll all ride out on the air." "Lay off, Vivian," Mr. Ramlll Interposed. In-terposed. "The plane has veered out again. He has us nipped fast." Without any reply, Huxby thrust his pistol inside his leather jacket and started np the stream bank. Garth came aslant to his pack. Ue slung It on his back. "Come on. Let's head for camp." "Why not follow Vivian?" Mr. Ramill Inquired. "It Is still possible pos-sible the plane may drift ashore." "A hundred to one chance It will not, sir. We'll go out on moose-hide, moose-hide, if at all. I've decided not to make It alone. A trip through the muskegs may lead you to realize that even lone weodsy prospectors should be entitled to the fruits of their discoveries." The girl's smoldering rage flared out at him: "You scoundrel! Decoy De-coy ns into this beastly hole, and then turn our plane adrift You cowardly sneak I Everything drifting drift-ing away In It and all the food and wine. Oh d n! What am I going to do? I'll starve!" Her father looked at Garth with the first sign of concern that he fhad shown. "Yes, that's It You might have thought of her. A girl so delicately reared! 1 say nothing noth-ing as to myself; it's ull In the game. But a lady to drag her down Into the raw like this 1 Marooning Ma-rooning her to starve In the bogs!" Garth looked from father to daughter. "A lady, did you say? Oh,. yes, to be sure a dainty, refined re-fined lady, who curses and drinks and Joins m schemes to bilk a supposedly sup-posedly simple bush vagabond out of his fortune." "1'ah !" she scoffed. "Whining because be-cause we would not let you foist yourself on us as a gentleman. As for your twaddle about that claim, mines are treasure trove. They belong to whoever is clever enough to get hold of them." "Right o, my lady." Garth approved. ap-proved. "Which leaves only the small matter of food and drink to be considered. You'll be able to chew moose meat, I fancy, after you've fasted off some of your fastidiousness." fas-tidiousness." Indifferent whether or not fhe girl and her father fi:' ned him. Garth started to hark t r:i! I through the lower crowth of .pr :.f trees. ro in: r.ovriM i iv Can You Count F.m? "A hpocrlte," said III llo. the sage of ( 'hlnatow n. "Ii an actor w ho Is sure sooner or later to attempt a role in which be Is a fuilure." Bad Example to Use Baby Talk Elders Should Set Right Copy in Wholesome Language Lan-guage and Conversation. By EMMA GARY WALLACE National Kindergarten Aaaoclatlon. Baby talk, on the part of older persons may at times sound cunning snd even amusing when Imitated by the youngest of the family, but It Isn't fair to the child. Why deliberately deliber-ately set a faulty copy whlcb he will continue to follow and eventually have to unlearn? A little child has a great deal to learn In this big and complex world into which he has come, and we must admit that he learns an amazing number of things In the first few months and years. Why complicate matters for him? Among other things, he has to learn the use of Hps and tongue and teeth and throat muscles In making sounds. And he has to learn combinations com-binations of sounds and connect them with objects and actions and emotions of different kinds. You would expect that all persons who profess devotion to blm would faith fully watch for the syllables or letters let-ters over which his unaccustomed articulation stumbles, and give him a clearly and slowly enunciated sam ple of the right sound to be used. If It were noted, for example, that little Billy could say "kitty." but when In the habit of saying "thltchen" for kitchen, his mother, you would expect, ex-pect, would several times pronounce the word "kitchen" distinctly, using such sentences afterwards as "Kitty Is In the kitchen." This would give Billy an association of sounds to guide him. She would never ask him not to say "thltchen," but it would probably be noticeable that In a few days he would drop the faulty pronunciation. If, Instead, this mother should do a good deal of talking about "thltch en" being wrong, or should repeat the pronunciation In the form of baby talk, the error would be more and more deeply engraved on his mind, and It would be correspond lngly difficult for him to drop the in correct syllable. Similarly, It Is often wiser not to take much notice of undesirable "echo words," which the children pick up from others, but Instead of that to set the right copy and exam ple In wholesome language and conversation con-versation and In kindly mental atti tudes. A wise man Mid, "I am the sura total of all I have ever met" Our characters are made up of our reactions re-actions to the Influences with which we have made contact. So it Is very Important and vital that the best ex amples and the best Influences be given our children. In order that them may far outweigh those less desirable ones which they will Inevitably In-evitably meet. 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